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THE ATHENS GEORGIAN: DECEMBER i8, J877. ON THE 1U0 GRANDE. Dreams that Came to Pass. INCREASING SIGXSOF HOSTILITY ALONG THE TEXAN BORDER. [New York World.] San Antonio, November 26.— General Ortl, commanding the Do- [lartmcnt of Texas, left for Washing*. ;on this morning. The war cloud along ihe Rio Grande grows more povtentious daily, and the sentiment is universal that a lasting peace can be obtained only l>y administering a whip ing to Mexico as thorough as that of San Jacinto forty years ago. As you are aware, the Mexican (Suvenv.ncnt has Sent a logu.. .<1 of uifan:ry to the Rio Grande in addi tion 10 the force already stationed ( here. No one is preposterous enough to suppose tliis command is intended for p lice purposes and to assist in the operations of our treaty with that government. \<>u are awa e, loo, that, the Mexican commanders on the Uio Grande have been instructed to rope! force with force, and {.lie arrival o.' t'iie Twenty sixth Regiment of Mex can infantry menus nothing more nor leas than the enforcement of that order. The m<>st intelligent observers of events in that section pronounce a war im vittb’e. Its only a void a’ ce is Little Incidents That Hay Puzzle the Students of Great Problems. 1 From tlio Jackson Patriot, J Not long since Thomas L. Daniels, the stenographer in the circuit, had a dream, in which the practical workings of every day life were portrayed with vividness and afterward came to pass. In his dream he was about to go to Ann Arbor, and looking at the clock he saw it marked nine, and as he had about one hour to spare he sat down to some work. Tn a short time he looked up again and saw the hands in the same position as when he looked be fore, the clock having stopped. His watch indicated that it was but ten minutes before train time, and it was only by running that he succeeded in reaching the train. He awoke, went to sleep again, and again his brain began to lift the veil from the future. Last spring ho lost nu overcoat, and in his second dream Sheriff Webster told him that the coat was at the jail, and that Deputy Smith was connected with its loss. When he awoke the next morning he said to himself it was only a dream, and dismissed the subject fiom his mind. The dreams were recalled suddenly a day or two since by his clock stopping and his nearly bv the recession of one'or both gov- mining the train. All the incidents were exactly as portrayed in his dream, and cf this coincidence he spoke to Sheriff Webster, and also related his other dream. Sheriff Wcba.cr to] . eminent* from their portions. A retreat by President Diaz is a delib erate political suicide, and n>. Mexican ru’.ei „..s v\u «u •>.ingiy taken such s m O !•• own Government I !'*'« that Deputy Smith had a coat at cannot put'itself in the humiliating | the jail which he found m the court pli_, t ■ a virtu '• v<>’v: I of it- i a bilitv :o protect its border against such a di-pieable neighbor. Texas alone could ch an out that bandit na tion if pet mission were accorded her. The'iong roll of rival armies is already %>unding al tig the Rio Grande, and where Mich intense bitterness prevails in bulb side--, the first collision will l,e a bloody one; lmt, as an exponent h; ibis section declares, the people of Tex ts are prepared, knowing by long ami bitter experience that there must he"'a bipf'Stn of war, of htoucbhed fiid^arnage, liefore^oUi* frohtjy can Anlwge from the gloom tint* JR .is so long bung over it and eiljoy the peace and immunity from despotism vouchsafed 1 o other sections. “Un loose the dogs of war,” is the cry of Texas. The Fifth Battalion of Mexican infantry left Mazullan, October 27ih, lor the Uio Grande, and General Ol d has applied for an additional regiment of cavalry. The Two Republic* of the 10th iust. announces that General Trevino, who lias been a guest of President Diaz, is going to take with him to the frontier three battalions of tntamiy, one of cavalry and two bat teries, together with a large supply of arms, ammunition and uniforms, as veil as the officers for four new regi ments lo be raised. Connected w i*h this is an interest ing dispatch from Brownsville to the effect that at a carnival supper at Matatnoras a lew days ago,-a number of leading citizens got so deep in their caps that they furnished evi dence o*' a deep-laid conspiracy against the Diaz Government and in favor of Lerdo. Asa result, twenty arrests have been made, including several who formerly held prominent appointments in the army. It is natural, perhaps! that Texas vhould feel aggrieved at the seeming indifference in Washington towards Hhe encroachments of the marauders on the Rio Grat de. The section, it may not generally be known, is one of the finest in the State s nd has con siderable population. It is the best stock country in lit j United States, and is adapted to agriculture, as has been proven by experiment, and the existing troubles are the only draw back to it-> rapid settlement. —o— — The leading papers of Tennessee are discussing the proposed settle ment of the Stale debt on a basis of sixty cents in the dollar. The Nash ville Banner shows most conclusively that this means seventy cents for the general tax. Tlteu add ten cents for school purposes, and eighty cents on each one hundred dollars of property will have to be paid. -This will add three hundred per cent, to the rate fixed bv the last Legislature. “Move on,’’ said the earthquake to New England. “I’m shocked at you,” will New England. room, last spring, and subsequent investigation showed in to be Daniels’ coat. The dream in regard to the train calls to mind an incident which hap pened about three years ago to one of the editors of the Lansing Republican. He was visiting friends at Potterville, where he remained over night. He was exceedingly anxious to reach Lansing by the morning train, which passed at early hour. His friends told him that they would call him in lime, and so lie rented contented. In the latter part of the night lih dreamed that V«i_ was seated at the -breakfast table, and when the meal was partly finished the train whistled on its ap proach to the station. He seized his overcoat, not eveu taking time to put it on, and ran with all speed for the depot, but when within ten rods cf the building the train pulled out and he was left. When he greeted his friends in the morning he related bis dream, and when they sat down to breakfast he was assured that it was fully three-quarters of an hour before the train would be along. The meal was partly over when “ toot ” went the whistle of the engine, and some very good time was made ou the road to the depot, but it was not fast enough to catch the train. The dream came to pass in every particular, much to the disgust of the dreamer. A lady who resides on Townsend street in this city firmly believts that dreamsdo not come to pass. A few weeks ago she had a different idea She is one of those methodical housekeepers who has a place for everything in its place. It may be well to remark that there are no small children in the family. Ttiis lady keeps molasses in a jug, and that jug has always been in its proper place, with the exception of now and then a trip to the grocery for anew supply of sweetness. Several days ago the molasses jug came up missing, and if ever there was a sor rowful face on a woman it belonged to that lady. The value of the jug was nothing; but to lose it in her own house, where she could go in the dark and find anything she wanted ! For nearly two weeks her waking hours were troubled in meditating on that jug, and finally she dreamed of it. She thought she went down cellar and removed a large tin can which for some time had stood bottom-side up on a shelf, and under it she found her molasses jug. She arose in the morn ing, recollected her dream, went down cellar, raised the tin can and there found the lost molasses jug. She is still puzzled te know how it ever came there, as she had no recollection of removing it from its usual place, and her husband and grown up son deny any agency in the mysterious transfer Beautiful Women. OXF OF THE PBOPOSED NOVELTIES OF THE FEE XCH EXHIHITOX. Paris, Novembei*^#—The Span iards are understood to have memor- alized M. Kiantz, Com missionary General of next yearns exhibition, to add an exhibition of beautiful women to the other exhibits Kf the gathering. The Spanish MinisteYof Public Works is said to be warmly in favor of the idea; and intending exhibitors are re quested by the Spautsli newspapers to send in photographs -as candidates for admission without delay. An appeal is to be addressed to all the pretty women ot the world t«* come forward and show iheuuelve^to an admiring universe. There are to be sixty-oue grand prizes, thirty-rne seernd prizes in silver, one hundred accessits and two hundred “honorable mentions.’’ The jury is to be >sgmposed of two delegates for each ^ration, one male and one female. Tlfif admissions are to be decided on theesnni«ation ot two photographs of each "candidate; one full face and thc-Ngther in profile. Photographs of ihr gainers of the sixtv-one “gra-d prizes of beauty’’ are to be exhibited-in a “ saloon of honor’’ during twelve days, after which in company with the “ second prizes,’’ the “second bests’’and the “honora ble mentions,” they"'will lie enshrined in a beautiful album; ad hoc, a copy of this album, supeijvly bound and got op, will then he presented by the exhi- 1 biiiou authorities to each of the sover- ••ig”s whose lady lieges have contribu ted their beautiful selves to this show. THE SILVER QUESTION. J. It. Col fair A Co. to Secretary -hrrtnan. New York, Dec. 3rd. 1877. lion. John Shannon, Secretary of Treasury: Dear Sir—Yours of the 1st inst is this day received. As it, was pub lished in the evening journals of Sat urday last, a copy was doubtless procured from your office, from which source ours of the 20th ultimo prob ably obtained its publicity, as we furnished no copy for the press. We simply inquired of you whether you would accept an offer for “ $150,- 000 Uni:<* ? States 4 per cent, bonds, “ Good Night, Papa.” A SAD CASE OF HYDROPHOBIA IN PHILADELPHIA.- [Philadelphia Times.] Another death front that horrible and mysterious disease, hydrophobia, lias occurred, the victim in this in stance being a child of tender years, and the cause a bite by one of that villauous breed of dogs whose pres ence in a city in which they literally swarm is almost as dangerous as that of so many cobras. Mr. Charles Leibriek, a salesman in the hardware store of Shields & interest and prii eipal payable in sil- j h ,- °-» 1^ Norm a bird struct, resides ver dollars of 4124 grains standard | "’ill* bis family at No. 1,541 North fineness and we to deposit in the j Twenty-fourth street, and e:....... 4. oir voiintrpst child. Char United States Assay Office an amount of si ver bullion which would produce the sura required to be paid in such silver dcliars at pai.” We look for a simple answer—yes or no. Wc were at a loss to know what ulterior ends you had to serve in re plying to oar letter in such an extra ordinary manner, and so larly fur nishing a copy to the press. Wo thank you, however, for the calculation of profits, specious as it i-, winch you suppose we would make, provided our offer had been accepted. We think it. however, entirely un called for, as it is gen-rallv conceded we are fully competent to make our it is bis youngest’child, Charles Edward Leibriek, unusually bright for his only two years and eight months of life, who is the victim of the terrible calamity. Last evening Mr. Lei- brick was called upon and related the story of the child’s sufferings and death, as follows: “ Six weeks ago to-day, Charlie was playing with other children on the pavement in front of the beer saloon of Joseph Eichman, on the southwest corner of Twenty-third and Bolton, about two squares away from here Eichmaids child was playing with a Spilzer dog belonging to him, and the dog afterwards jumped in an appa own ca’eulations. A> one goo deserves another, will you please w„ u.ake a suggestion The same collection ot plmt»'gr-p’--\ but less splendidljr gotten up, will be subsequently offered for sale to the public in genera). To crown the a hole, there is to be added to the pii»s t etc., just mentioned, a supreme “prize of honor,’’ tt> be adjuged to the most lieautiful of the competing beau ties ; the fair creature who has ob tained this *• supreme’’ award is to be proclaimed the “ Queen of Beauty,” and is to be invited to make a tri untphal appearance in Paris i self, seated in &>plemtf|chAriot, simulating a throne, yravrhT by'lSix niagnificent Andalusian horses of the finest breed, and followed by the other beauties, recipients of the other prizes. A Valuable Invention for Horsemen. The inventor and proprietor of the celebrated speed accelerators fur trot ting horses is a dry goods merchant of Browntown, Indiana, of ihe name of Wilbur C. Benton. Lifcc Bonner, he conceived the idea that driving would be conducive to his health, and the reult was that “ holding the ribbons ’’ over quick-steppers not only cured him, effectually, of the rheumatism, with which he had been afflicted for years, but it led to the discovery of an art or device by means of which the speed of the trotter is at once greatly accelerated without the use “of toe- weights or heavey shoes, great incum brances to the horse, contracting his hoofs and stiffening his limbs. The accelerators give him the proper ac tion for speed without injuring him. It is but the work of a moment to attach them to the hit atid rein in such a manner as to steady him, give him an even, lengthy stride, and prevent him from hutting and cutting hintself while speeding, thus doing away with the various kinds of boots and ap pendages for the protection of the limbs, which so materially retard his speed, to say nothing of their exces sive cost and inconvenience. The accelerators sell for five dollars per pair, and are sent to any address in the United States or Canada, (charges pre-paid), on receipt of that amount. I confess I had rather see the South solidly Democratic, a: now, South Carolina and Louisiana includ ed, and race antagonisms allayed, than to see those States Republican and the blacks exposed to the as saults of the uufuriated whites. And infuriated with cause, too. Republi can rule in those States was such a mockery and cheat, and so destruc tive of all material interests, that the outrages upon the negroes were not without excuse. There is a limit t<> human patience, and Southern human patience, with a negro on top, is soou reached.—//. V. Redfield. vX.itie us ;. how riu 1 n-n-u y mnid profitably use ;he 150,00' silvi-r <1 •liars we oft’ tvd in payment? These silver dollars from the yeai 1“62, at which time the "overtime, t began freely to issue its 6 per cent, bonds, were always at a premium above gold, until they were dropped from the list of author ized coins in 1873-4, and al which time they were worth about par in gold. We suggest that the Treasury could now use the 150,000 silver dol- trs and make from it S160,381 2 i<>0 subsidiary coin and dispose of it to the people at p . in currency, thereby making a cHmi profit to' the treasury of 810,381 2-100; but we would ask, do you “think this lair or honest?” The Tna-nry lias gained millions ofdollars the past S?w years minting subsidiary coin and selling it at par in currency to the [ eoplo, each $1,000 of which weighing 55f ounces less than 81,000 of the discredited dollars of our fathers, and we would ask, do you think “ tliis fair or honest ?” Why not issue a silver bond? We have about $64,000,000 of currency bonds, principal and interest payable in currency, and about $1,700.00‘* 000 ot bonds, interest and principal paya ble in coin, now gold, because the silver dollar is demonetized, and why not have bonds payable hi silver? The constitution of our country has deprived the several States of the right of coinage and makes gojd a id silver only a lawful tender. This being so, we would, with all due respect, in quire why one man who digs $1,000 of gold from the earth should have the product of his labor made into coin without expense, while another who digs $1,000 of silver should have t lie product of bis labor reviled, stigma tized as a swindle, and refused coin age? Do you “ think this fair or honest ?” Our proposition was distinct, that the principal and interest on t e bonds sliou’d lie paid in silver dollars. The intimation from so high an au thority as yourself that the govern ment might reduce the value of the dol lar and “ might find this expedient to pay a cheaper dollar” so convenient that it might think it liettet to adopt the La ten ratio of 15J silver to one of g- Id, and coin a dollar of 400 grains with which to pay you, or it might think a .subsidiary dollar con taining 385 grains is good enough “to pay a bondholder ”—-tliis intimation is exceedingly painful to ns, as it may be to others. We should not have written the above had yon simply declined our offer, but as you have launched out into profits, fairness, honesty, etc., we deemed it proper to reply. With great respect, truly yours, Jas. B. Colgate & Co. Ahead of All OMPETITIO: u. 0. ltOBINSON H as jsut returned from a visit nmon gtlic Principal PIANO and ORGAN factories in New York, Beaton and other citj.«. f having arranged for the Largest and most com I plete assortment ever offered South, at prices I ABSOLUTELY BEYOND COMPETITION! Low Ppi PS Qrp i. S ups. Musical Instruments OF EVERY VARIETY. Sheet Music anil Music Book ;d turn I rvn ‘ ILiyfully manner from one child to another, when suddenly my hoy cried o .t that be was bitten. II was taken into Eicl.man’s house, ait then brought home. He was then at once suit to my family doctor, and word was brought back that the doctor did not think it was a dog bite. I saw the marks when I came home that night; one was on the left eye-brow and the other on the left cheek, just below the eye. Both together were not as large as the head of a ten penny nail. I did not think them, the re.-ult of a dog bite because a woman who saw the child fall, and tlie dog jumped at it, said they were caused by his face striking ngains’^’ie wheel of a baby carriage. The rtrnfks disappeared in twelve hours. “ I bad been for a long while in the habit of carrying my boy, alter be had awakened every morning, down stairs “ piggy back,” a prac tice lie enjoyed very much, but on last Saturday, for the first time, he showed a fear of falling, so marked and unnatural as to excite my notice He played that day with his sister, as usual, but bis mother noticed be was drooping. Sunday morning lie was still evidently out of sorts, but notli- ing happened of note until the after noon. Then his mother stripped him for the purpose of washing him all over and dressing him. The instant the water came into contact with tl c body, be gave a yell unlike any sound she ever heard before. I came home about 6 o’clock, and she reported to me what bad happened. I took him up stairs and sal with him upon tny knee for an hour and a half. I then asked him to lie down with me. He consented, but when I laid him down tie gave a yell such as I l ad never heard anything like in rny life. “ From that time he would never lie down, and it. was then his i onvul- sious began. These were from seven to ten minutes apart, lasting a min ute at a time The sight and touch of water caused them the worst; and a tear that dropped from my eye upon his check threw him into a con vulsion. The convulsions lasted all Sunday night and Monday, until ten minutes past 6 o’clock in the even ing, when he died very easiiy. He was sensible nil through bis sickness, and just before his death lie said to his little sisters, who were cry in * beside him : “ Ob! don’t cry. 1 will pray for you all when I get to Heav en.’’ His last wor«ls were : “ Good night, papa.” *1 THE LATEST PUBLICATIONS. Musical Merchandise, A 4 everything put inn g to a First Class Music House. TUNIN’^ AND REPAIRING, PIANOS, Church, Pipe and Reed Organs, aud all kind, of Musical Instruments Tuned : na Repaired by Mr. C. It. Taylor, the best skilled and one of the most thorough workmen South. Mr. Taylor devoted nearly fifteen years in the construction of instiumcnU in some of the best factorieain this countrv, and is the only authorized 'turnr for the AUGUSTA MUSIC‘HOUSE. G. O. ROBINSON & CO., 2i>> Broad Street, Augusta, (ia. C. W. LONG. E. C. LONG. xotTrcaf^rs, ATHENS, GEORGIA. Wfc offer a large and well selected s'oek of Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Varnishes, Oils, Anilines, Dyes, Patent Medicines, Hair and Tooth Brushes, Perfumery, Lily white Rouges, Colognes, Extracts, etc., 2Tor Sale 'Very- Clieap FOR CASH, Either at Wholesale or Retail. We call your atttention to cur COLOGNES, BAY RUM, HAIR OIL, ETC sepll-ly 1877. Soots 1S77« Shoes and TO ORDER. RT. W. SlavLdvup, Artist. lias removed his shop tc the McDowell Build ing, on College Avenue. 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